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 Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 3:24 pm
Reserved for Kaji and Alex's playdate rp x3
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 2:26 pm
"This will be our last delivery for today," DiYanni murmurred as she paused on her bicycle, staring thoughtfully at the instructions she scribbled earlier.
Deciding that she had arrived at the correct location, DiYanni lifted Madeline from the large basket she had attached to the bicycle. Together they walked to the front doorstep of the house, leaving a parcel wrapped in yellow paper.
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 4:41 pm
Friday May 13, 2005
"On your mark..."
Feather tensed up, continuing to lean against the doorframe. She watched as Alex braced himself, tucking down and getting into a stance. His bare feet dug anxiously into the carpet as he waited for his mother's next words, which came a short while later:
"Get set..."
Alex took a deep breath.
"GO!"
The boy immediately shot up and sped down the hallway as fast as his small legs could carry him. Feather had been running him like this for some time now, except this time, Alex had a target to which he was planning on running to.
A rat.
Commissioned by the tenants of the complex, Alexander's latest duty around the house was to catch rats, AND eat them while no one was looking. It made everyone happy, and it gave the boy something to do on rainy weekends.
Alex continued thumping down the hall, his eyes flashing with excitement. Around a turn, down the stairs...he was gaining speed every moment. He practically flew past various people strolling the hallways, causing quite the look of shock to come upon their faces.
Almost there...GO!
The young Eden lurched forward, and dove at the rat who was helpless, cornered against the wall. An evil grin crossed the boys face, and he cupped the rodent into his hands, picked it up, and hurried back to where Feather stood, patiently waiting for his return. She smiled when she laid eyes on him, seeing his posture of obvious triumph.
His devilish smirk worsened, and he held the rat up by its tail. "EATEAT!!"
He swallowed the rat whole.
Feather winced, but ushered Alex back into the apartment, anyways. "Come on, you...it's about time you went to bed..."
Sure, it was gross. But it was free.
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2005 1:55 pm
Tuesday May 17, 2005
Alex stared down at his blank canvas, which in this case, was an oversized piece of white paper. Brush in hand, drenched with blue paint, his empty expression continued.
"Come onnn, Alexx!" Feather pleaded, scooting over closer to him. Her movement rocked the kitchen table, but in his current state, the boy was far from noticing. He was either deep in thought, or deep in confusion.
Figuring Alex needed to develop his motor skills a bit, Feather had gone ahead and bought the boy a paints set. Red, purple, yellow, it was all there. Setting out the paint and brushes as soon as she had gotten home from her weekly shopping binge, she had figured the boy would have at LEAST painted SOMETHING by now.
An hour had passed since she'd arrived back home, afterall.
"How about...you paint something that you like? How about a hobby...?"
Feather regretted the question as soon as she asked it.
"MOUSE HUNTING!!!" He squealed immediately, grinning and setting off to work. Feather slammed her head against the table, her pre-mentioned fear coming true.
Eh, at least he was doing something.
The Eden scribbled across the paper furiously, dipping his brush in various shades of blues, greens, yellows, and browns. Water sloshed all over the table. Within ten minutes of Alex's so-called 'delicate' work, he had finished. He held up the picture to his mother proudly.
"...DAMN."
It must've been pretty strange for Feather to swear like that. And frankly, it was. The scene depicted was a yellow blob with a gray back, presumably Alex, standing over a brown blob drenched in red. The dead mouse, apparently.
"AHEM." She quickly coughed, regaining her composure in the process. "V-Very good Alex! Now...now why don't you make something a little happi- I mean, why don't you draw a flutterboo? Those are nice!"
Alex nodded cheerfully, took out another piece of paper, and began painting furiously.
"DONE!" He squealed moments later, holding up his sopping wet masterpiece. "FLUTTERBOOS YAY!!" Feather smiled, and gave him an enthusiastic thumbs up.
"Good job! Now...maybe you'd like to give that to another Eden? You know, like a present? I'm sure anyone'd love it!"
Alex's expression hardened, as he once more, sunk into a deep state of concentration.
There was Raven...
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 7:13 pm
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 9:13 am
Quest TimeA small letter from the Project is inside your mailbox today ! To Dulcea
Hello Bird, Hello Feather,
Raven and Alex are growing closer and closer and so we thought they would probably like to do a little quest together. As we experienced it helps our children to develop. ^^
Your two little birds are always so cheerful and happy that we imagined they would enjoy some activity. We also heard about Raven's slight fear of flying and we suggested that our idea could help her making it vanish.
You two should make up a very short play for your children. Teach them a short funny song and allow them to dance / act it out. Who knows, probably something about butterflies ? This dance should also contain a scene where they have to fly for a very short time span. Just hovering above the ground for a moment or so.
I hope it will be fun and not too stressful.
~Lena
[ Please follow the quest rules while doing this. As mentioned you don't need to buy an item, you can also describe or draw it on your own. You have to work on this quest for at least two weeks time now and you should make at least four entries about it ( together ) and one from your own perspective. ]
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 4:49 pm
"NANNA!!" Alex squealed with delight, taking the bear into his small hands and bobbing them around, making the plush appear to be dancing. He giggled madly, holding out one of the bear's arms in Raven's direction, hoping she'd join in.
"Yes! But still, asking them would probably be good." She clapped her hands together, nodding in agreement. Feather strode over to the toddlers, about to speak, but then quickly realized they were having another 'bonding' moment. She scuttled back over to Bird, "Uh...I think they'd agree with flutterboos, anyways..."
A glint arose in Raven's eyes as she reached for the bear's arm, a very smug smile curling on her lips as she appeared to innocently help Nana dance.
She tackled him to the table, "Ha!", tickling mercilessly.
Bird blinked, nodding. "Most excellent. Eh... wow. A play. Well, we need lots of stuff for something like this." Slouching on one arm, she began listing mindlessly, "Costumes, props, sets, scripts-- 'cause I highly doubt there are any plays on flutterboos... 'course, we can look...
"So.. where do we start?"
"Nooo fairr!!" Alex whined, his lower lip sticking out in a fake pout. He burst out into laughter, despite his weak attempts to maintain his composure. "Waven's meanniee!!" The boy squirmed and thrashed about, causing various objects on the table to topple over and smash into the ground below.
"Hm...the plotline, I suppose...and we could make up a story for them to act out! It could be wonderfully cute! Like, they could pretend to be butterflies, or something!" Feather's eyes flashed with a sudden sense of excitement as she quickly pulled out a notebook and pen, and began jotting down a few notes.
"What do you think, Bird?"
Raven squealed when a foot connected with her stomach, her grip loosening as she fell on her side with an "oomph!" Collecting herself, Raven stood and prepared to initiate a game of chase.
Casting a very unconcerned glance over to the table for a moment, more for studying the children than the wreckedge being caused, Bird pondered she she spoke. "Fantastic idea! And... maybe for the storyline stuff, they could be spellcasters, or, saviors of some mystical place or.. some really cheesy Shakespearean plot... Naw.
"Oh dear, I've been rambling," she apologized. "Hm... I'm not sure what Raven would want t'do. Do you have an idea about Alexander?"
"Meaniemeanie!!" Alex teased, a smirk spreading across his face. "But meanies are SWOW!"
With that, he darted away, weaving around the couch and tables, flapping his wings wildly in an attempt to quicken his pace.
"I'm not sure about his part, either, really, but I think the both of them should act out something simple. Like, maybe Raven could be the Flutterboo princess, and she would be in some sort of trouble...then Alex could save her?" Feather laughed uneasily, scratching her head. "Hell, I dunno."
"Heyyy!" she whined, tripping on one of her longest feathers as she attempted to chase Alexander. "No fair!"
She hopped to the ground, trying to intercept him diagonally. But he was much too fast-- Raven tried vaulting over the couch where she had last seen him, but he was gone, an orange blur.
Bird grinned, finger molding around her face. "S'what I was thinking. Simple, easy, and... pretty darn fun, if I do say so myself." She scratched an irriating itch on her arm. "So... damsel in distress." She couldn't stop the giggle.
"Oh! Are they going to perform just for us, or... others?" she said for lack of a better word.
"I guess we could talk to Lena about performing in front of the other Eden owners..." Feather replied slowly, going over thoughts about the play in her mind. "If you and Raven would want to, as well, of course." She added, quickly snapping out of her daze.
Alexander stopped abruptly, skidding against the carpet once he realized Raven had toppled over. He climbed up onto the couch, looking down at the girl. "...You okay...?" He inquired, his faced marked with a most innocent-looking sense of concern.
"Oh, I'm sure Raven wouldn't mind. I'm fine either way," Bird reassured with a smile. "Now, lesse... we must have a plot! Or... would you rather save that for later?"
Raven had a silly smile on. "Yeah... m'okay," she said, picking herself up and straightening out her feather. "'Dese things are buggers." A sour face made itself known.
"Well, since it seems our two little troublemakers are busy for the time being, I suppose we could work out the big details of the plot now...Raven could be the flutterboo princess...and...she could be kidnapped by the evil mouse people, or something..." Her voice trailed off as she scribbled down her latest ideas, biting her tongue in concentration.
"I'm sowwy!" Alex apologized, guilt beginning to tug at the corners of his mind. He hopped off of the couch, and landed far from delicately in front of Raven. Nevertheless, he straightened himself, and tried his best to smile.
"...Can I see...?" He asked slowly, referring to the hurt feather.
Lacing her fingers together to prop her chin on, Bird tried thinking up more stuff. ".. Annd... maybe the reason they kidnappd her was.. because she had pretty wings and the king wanted to cut them off for himself, or, something. Oh!; maybe she's from the kingdom of... Eden?, so they'd think she'd lead them to paradise. Maybe." She rubbed her head. "Where would Alexander come in in all of this?"
(Ho, cool, he's even got the name for a knight. xD)
Raven looked sheepish, holding out her arm for inspection. "I'm jus' a.. a klutz, 'at's all. S'not Awex's fault."
"He could be Raven's admirer from afar, or something. Someone who's never had a chance to talk or interact with her really, who finally has the ultimate opportunity to meet her by rescuing her." Feather shrugged, laughing. "It's kinda cheesy, but hey, it's supposed to be cute, right?"
"Yeah it is!!" Alex cried, reaching out to touch the injured feather. "M-my mommy always kisses my boo-boos whenever I get any..." He murmured quietly, his eyes fixed on the blue plume. He then stepped forward, bent over slightly, and kissed it.
The falcon Eden retreated slightly, a light blush tinging his cheeks. His gaze was still trained on the ground."I hope it gets better fast, now..."
Bird nodded in agreement, a silly smile plastering itself on her face. She made a strange giggling sound, wringing her fingers together. "Ooh, this is awesome. Alrighty... So, we have a Raven princess, who has a secret admirer, and gets captured by the evil mice people because... ehm. Of her wings?" She paused, shrugging. "... How's the rescue gonna go...?" A shift in her chair. "Maybe they took her to their castle annnd... well... any ideas?"
Raven looked incredibly surprised. She looked at her feather, then at Alexander, and back again. Suddenly, a loud squeal was emitted, and Raven tackled the other in a large hug. "Thank yoo, Awwex!" she cheered, squeezing him. "Feews much better!"
"Maybe her wings had special jewels encrusted in them because she was royalty, and the mouse king guy wanted them to make him even richer...or something like that? And perhaps Alex could sneak into the castle pretending to be a mouse..." Feather smiled, trying to recall and piece together all of the fairy tales she'd heard as a child. "And she could be locked in the highest room of the tallest tower, or something! And Alex could make a super dramatic entrance!"
"I-I'm glad!" Alex's studdering only seemed to worsen. Nonetheless, he returned Raven's hug. He smiled faintly. "W-Wanna go see what our mommies are up to...?"
It was fairly obvious he wanted to change the subject.
"Mommas...?" Oh, yes, those two. She'd almost forgotten. Raven nodded, releasing Alex. "'Kay!"
Bird turned her attention to the toddlers' emergence, clapping her hands and catching Raven as she jumped into waiting arms. "Wait 'til you guys here what we've been cokking up."
Raven suddenly turned pale. "... Coo.. cooking?" Yesterday evening, Bird had expirimented beyond her capabilities in that field. The results had been disasterous.
"... Not quite food cooking, Rave." Bird looked insanely sheepish. To avoid any further questioning on the topic (Raven had a puzzled expression evident on her face) and, thus, embarassment, she asked Feather to help her explain the play so far. "Maybe you guys want to add something?"
Feather nodded, taking her cue, and filled the two toddlers in on the story of the play so far.
"Do we get to wear SHINY stuff?!" Alex blurted out suddenly, clambering onto Feather and nuzzling into her arms. "Like, armor and stuff? Shine shiny yay!!" He quivered happily, "Maybe Waven could be afwaid to fly, which is why she couldn't escape, then I could help hew! SHINY SHINY FLY!"
Bird blinked. "... That's an excellent idea!"
Raven had been clapping and cheering and wriggling.. but went a tad bit whiter in the face again at the mentioning of flying. She gluped a bit, voicing a question. "Do... do I hafta' fly in it?"
"Aw...only for a wittle bit, Waven!" Alex replied in a tone he hoped would be reassuring, climbing over Feather and settling himself next to Raven. "Besides, I could kinda teach you how to fly while we're acting!"
Raven squirmed, hands folded in her lap, feeling uncomfortable. "O... okay," she agreed uneasily. After her last attempt to fly, Raven had become much more wary on the subject. Flying reminded her not of the first try but the last, and the latter conjured up the memory of pain. But, she trusted Alex, and gave him a small smile.
... Which quickly turned sour. "Do I hafta wear a dress?" she whined.
"Yeah...but..." Alex's voice trailed off as he peered to his mother, searching her face for some hint as to what he should say next.
She looked encouraging, and gestured for him to just make up something.
"Dresses are...pretty! Yeah! And you'll get to wear some flutterboo wings, too! They're both really sparkly and...pretty!" The boy scratched the back of his head, hoping he sounded convincing. A damsel in distress play simply wouldn't work if the damsel wouldn't wear a dress!
Raven look unconvinced. Her arms were loosely crossed over her chest in a pout.
"But... but..."
"Raven," Bird interjected, "remember those books Miss DiYanni sent you? And the story about the princess?" Raven blinked and nodded her head. "Do you remember what the princess was wearing?"
"... Ah... an upside down umbrella?"
"A dress," she continued, disregarding the sarcastic comment. "Now, you can wear whatever you like underneath the dress, just as long as you wear it."
The toddler threw a curious look at her Momma, turning to Alex's mom instead. "Why's a princess always gotta wear a dress?" she said quizzically.
"Because well uh..." Feather's eyes darted around the room frantically, in an effort to buy her some time. What kind of question was THAT?
Alex chimed in immediately, sensing his mother's distress. "Because princesses are pretty...and...so are dresses! So then the princess is twice as pretty!"
A relieved smile spread across Feather's face as she relaxed, leaning back against the couch. "Of course, Alex! Nicely put! Pretty girls should wear pretty clothes, Raven!"
Alex nodded furiously.
Raven threw a dubious look. "But... Waven's not pretty," she said. Nobody'd ever described her as pretty, and she hadn't realized that pretty and beautiful meant the same thing. She blinked a few times, cocking her head to the side. "So... Waven doesn't need to wear a dress to make her pretty pretty," she concluded.
"Yes she is!! You'-"
Alex cut in to Feather's sentence a second time, and though it wasn't exactly expected, the girl allowed him to continue:
"Waven's EXTWEMELY pretty! Waven's the prettiest Eden there is! ...Fiddle, she doesn't even need a dress to look beautifuw!" Alex took a daring step forward, a sad sense of franticness clear on his face.
Though she admired Alex's boldness, Feather still smacked her forehead in dismay. NOW they were back to square one!
Raven blinked very wide eyes, taken aback. "... Waven's pwetty?" she said. "I ish pwetty?"
A smile that outshone the sun.
"Okay!" she said brightly. Bird's jaw surley would've dropped to the ground if it hadn't been connected to her face. Raven picked herself up and delivered an enourmous hug to Alexander, not knowing how else to express her grattude.
"But... no shoes," she bartered. "Flutterboos don't wear shoes."
"Hm...okay!" Feather nodded, hiding her own amazment as she was scribbling down a few more notes for reference.
Alex hugged Raven back, smiling warmly. "Of course you are, Waven!"
The Eden's mother stood up, pocketing the small notepad and stretching a bit. "Well...I think we'd ought to be going now. Alex and I have a lot to work out, and we'll go shopping later for some fabric to make the costumes with! We'll be back tomorrow!"
Alex's smile faded as he reluctantly let go of Raven, and slowly backed away.
"Bye..." He murmured, turning around and following his mother out of the door and into the street.
Raven gave Alex one last squeeze before parting and saying her farewell.
"Bye! See you... later, I guess," Bird called, waving. She took a glance around. "Well, I s'pose we should be going now, Rave. We'll think up more stuff when we get home, okay?"
Raven's expression brightened, and she nodded vigorously. "T'mowwow!"
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 11:16 am
A light package in tow, Mouse reaches the door to Feather's home after much confusion involving addresses and directions. The box she was carrying was wrapped somewhat loosely with airplane-patterned paper, and a cheap stick-on ribbon sat needlessly on top of it. Attached to the package was a short note: Quote: Feather: Horus and Reliisha have been taking up the hobby of kite-flying, and after hearing about little Alex, Rel and I thought that it might not be a bad idea for him to give it a try as well. I hope he has a lot of fun flying and designing the kite- the one I bought is blank and has some markers included, so he can put whatever patterns he wants on it. And here's the cool part: if he gets sick of what he's drawn, you can wash it off and start over! Hope this helps you tame your toddler! -Mouse She then set the package down by the door and went on her way. 
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Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:24 pm
"AWEEE!!" Alexander pouted, clearly frustrated. "Waven's a meaanniiee! I'm gonna get YOU!" His expression melted into a twisted grin, and he attacked Raven with a barrage of tickles.
"Eh, I just bought it at a costume store." Feather sweatdropped, scratching the back of her head. "It IS a lot cheaper...and it saves time...Sure, it is kind of cheap, but it's awfully cute!"
Raven flopped bonelessly to the ground in defeat. Tickles were her Achille's heel.
"I give, I give!" she crowed, tears of mirth beginning to collect in her eyes. "Awwex wins! He wins, alweady!"
"Must agree," Bird nodded, a silly smile ghosting across her face as she examined the two again. "N'kay, so... we have the costumes, more or less. And the plot" She scratched the back of her head. "Now what? We should probably move onto... the script? Or-- arg. What else; sets... but we need scenes b'fore attempting that... if we even do. What d'you think?"
"Aww...fine..." Alex withdrew, slightly dissapointed she'd given in so early on. "You big baby!" He taunted, sticking his tongue out and wagging his finger. "You act so mean...then you cwy!"
"Well, we only need a few backdrops... the butterfly castle, and the evil mouse castle. As for the scripts...I guess we could just have an overview written out, and Alex and Raven could just make up the rest. They're bright little guys, even if they sometimes don't act like it." Feather laughed, watching the two for a brief moment before turning back to Bird. "I think they could handle it. And we could always help from the sidelines."
Raven stuck her own tongue out, refusing to admit defeat. "Am not!" she retaliated. "Sum'n's in my eye. And 'chu were meaner'n me!"
She blinked. "Never thought of that," Bird admitted. "But! None the less, they can cook up something much better than I. So... that's sort of settled." She looked sheepish, biting her tongue in a ridiculous smile. "Now what?"
"Nothing's in your eyes!" Alex teased, supressing a giggle. "I was only mean because you were mean to meee!" He prodded her playfully. "Now I know your weakness! HAH!"
"Uhm...we could start on the backdrops, I suppose!" Feather smiled, her eyes darting around the kitchen. "I wonder if they've got any paint or paper around here..."
"S'what you think!" she grinned, wiping her eye once more before dropping the facade. "Ju's don' pick on Nana, 'kay? S'not her fault."
"... I think I found some paper the other day..." Bird commented, shuffling through to another room to sort through. "Aha! Found some! I haven't got a clue about paints. Maybe there's some in here, somewhere?" she shrugged, slapping and spreading out the large slabs of paper on the table.
"What if I tickled Nana? Could I do that? I don't think she'd feel it..." Alex pointed out, a slight smirk pulling at the corners of his lips. "She's just a teddu!"
"I could look." Feather replied quickly, and vanished from the room, heading to the storage closet.
Alex's attention was caught by his mother's leaving the kitchen, clearly in search of something, and an odd thump that had come from a table inside the same room. "Should we go see...?" He inquired, rather curious.
Raven looked insulted by that comment, preparing to retaliate in kind until Alexander spoke again.
She blinked a few times, warily scooting away from the dreaded tiara, before examining the two Mommas herself. "Eh... you think it's that play thing?" she queried, scratching her head thoughtfully before agreeing. "Yeah, let's go see."
Snagging Nana by the arm, Raven hoisted herself up and tried her best to move surrupticiously towards them by cover of chairs and tables. After squirming under a particularly low seat, she peeked out from underneath, spying on Bird and trying to spot something strange.
Alex quietly followed after Raven, convinced this was just another part of the game they'd been playing. Sneak missions were...um...fun. He'd certainly seen Feather play enough of them on the shiny TV in their house. He crawled ahead of her once she stopped beneath the chair, clambering on top of it and staring with wide eyes at the paper stretched about on the tabletop. "PAIINNNTT!" He squealed, having been in this situation once before. "Come on, Wavenn! PAINTUPAINTU!"
Raven blinked a few times, wondering where the sneaking point had run off to, before hauling herself and Nana up the chir and onto the tabletop. On these particular actions, Nana fealt like she was made of lead.
Raven immediately decided that once they got home she would need to exercise the teddy and loose some pounds.
But, she filed that away in favor of examining the large sheets of paper. Paint? No, this was paper. Raven had never really seen paint in use before, just pens and pencils.
"Paint?" she voiced curiously.
"Paint! Paint?" Alex repeated thoughtfully, lifting up one of the pieces of paper and looking beneath it, realizing the absense of the colorful substance. "No paintu...? No painting!!" He cried desperately, looking to Raven, then back to the paper. "Whadduwedo?!!"
"I'VE GOT IT!" Feather screamed with delight from the other room, parading into the kitchen with several cans of paint nestled safely in her arms. "It was hidden in one of the back shelves, but I have it!"
She dumped down the various jars in front of the two toddlers, and took a seat herself.
Bird whooped, snatching a can and busying herself with opening it.
Raven cocked her head to th side quizzically, wondering what shiny cans had to do with anything. Judging from the way the metallic cylinders were shaped, she concluded that there was some new type of food inside.
So, when Bird pried open the first one, Raven promptly plopped her finger into the colorful substance, and stuffed it in her mouth.
"... BLEEEGH!"
"Wavennnn!" Alex scolded, bursting out laughing. "You make pittchers with it! You don't EAT it!"
"That's right, Alex!" Feather added, supressing a bit of a chuckle at Raven's putrid expression. "Now, we all have to work on painting a background for your play! A castle with some grass and a sky would work well, I think!"
Raven slowly opened her mouth, and with painstaking care removed the finger inserted in the best possible way as to not brush it against her agitated tongue.
She gagged, finger as far away as possible, and proceeded to spit and crow and carry on, trying to remove the taste, until Bird leapt up from her seated position and fetched some water.
"Here... come to the kitchen and spit it out," she instructed. The toddler only nodded, face rigid as the paint oozed over her taste buds again. She resisted the relexive yowl.
"Sorry," Bird apologized, smiling a little despite herself. "We'll be right back. If you want to start on the grass... or, maybe the castle..."
"Will do!" Feather gave Bird a mock salute, laughing under her breath, and started off on the castle by drawing a quick sketch for Alex to follow. It was a towering structure, stretching over the entire table in all it's graphite-y glory. "Okay...you color the whole thing grey, okay, Alex?"
He nodded, and cheerfully began setting out on his work with suprising skill and concentration for a toddler.
-Of course, the paint still splattered all over the place
***
Alex grinned wickedly, looking up from his work, towards Raven. Might as well have some fun with this, right? His hands, grey and sopping, jerked upwards, pushing Raven's own hands. Grey paint was splotched all over the once clear sky.
Raven's jaw might as well have dislodged itself from her face.
She stared, flabberghasted, before rounding on Alexander. "Wh--what d'you mean by that?"
But after seeing the smirk curling on an all-too smug face, Raven donned one of her own. She declared war.
Letting out a battle cry, she leapt up from her seated position and, hands completely encased in a layer of blue paint, slapped her hands on both of Alex's cheeks, leaving very obvious handprints.
***
Raven and Alex continued their fun-filled paint fight, and eventually, after much coaxing from their two mothers, finished painting the background. A few days passed, and the night of the play soon quickly approached.
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Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:46 pm
The Play
"Stop worrying! You'll be fine..." Feather patted Alex on the back in an encouraging fashion, and finished fastening the plastic armor to his small body. "It's only in front of us! No pressure, little guy!" She stepped away from him, admiring her work. The two were sitting in Feather's living room, mere feet away from a giant bedsheet propped up by the ceiling which was to serve as a curtain for the performance. Nearby was the couch, on which was a few buckets of popcorn and packets of candy for the little 'party' after the play.
"O-Okay..." Alex replied meekly, staring down at his feet.
"Oh, chin up Alex! Raven and Bird will be here soon!"
"Raven! Cut it out, we're supposed to be there!"
The Eden in question was examining herself in front of the mirror, a very sour look on her face. She was wearing the dress. And boy, was she not liking it.
"C'mon!"
Doing a little twirl, Raven watched as the fabric swirled around her in a slightly fetching way. She hoped Alexander and his Momma would be pleased; everyone else seemed to be.
"RAVEN!"
And so, she was snatched up, and they were off at very high speeds to the designated place where the performance was to be performed.
Bird popped open the doors, also carrying the drinks for the party, and scurried in. Raven followed, hesitantly entering and clutching Nana like a lifeline again. Her blue butterfly wings, attatched with excruciating care, were shimmering, the glitter she had added giving an extra effect.
She saw Alex, and waved a little, biting her lip nervously.
"Hello, Waven!" Alex greeted merrily, completely forgetting all of his anxiety at the sight of his friend. "You look...weawwy pretty!"
Feather smiled, and welcomed the pair into their home. She took a seat on the couch, and gestured for Bird to follow.
"It's about time we got this play on, eh?"
Raven blushed mightily, clutching the blue cloth with her free hand, the other dragging Nana.
"Thanks. An' you look..." she thought for a moment. "... Brave!"
"Aye to that!" Bird crowed. "Thanks for hosting it here; we appreciate it."
She clapped her hands, standing. "Okay you two! Ready to start?"
Raven nodded, suddenly giddy, and zoomed around the curtain. Her longest feathers had been carefully attatched to her dress, so they wouldn't obstruct her movements.
"Thanks, Waven!" Alex said cheerily, following behind her closely as the two of them vanished behind the curtain.
Feather squirmed in her seat, trying to get comfortable. "Alright guys. Let's start the show!"
Alex pulled a string attached to the curtain, and the sheet was pulled back.
On went the opening scene- in which the Butterfly Princess was first kidnapped.
Raven had smoothed out the non-existant kinks in her dress, tugged on the bottom reachable parts of her butterfly wings, quickly checked on her stuffed mice that were safely tucked in one of her secret pockets, and straightened her hair before she deemed herself ready.
She walked as calmly as she could onto the thrown-together stage, arms thrown out as she pretended to walk across a log over a stream. And then Raven stopped, and faced the two women in front of her.
"Once upawn a time, there was a flutterboo pwincess. She lived," Raven motioned airily with a hand behind her at the background, "in a castle, and had too many dresses."
Raven sneaked a hand behind her while she spoke, fingers curling around one of the mice.
"But then, one day, her life was wuined by the evil Mouses!" The Eden quickly popped the mouse on her head. She gave a little squeal, throwing out the rest of the stuffed animals around her feet. "'Dey had come to snatch her away, an'... an' chop off her wings for their wall!"
She kicked a few of the mice, repositioning them.
"She was surrounded, and was taken away to their... um, evil lands!"
Raven gave a show about being carried off, throwing her arm over her eyes. She pointedly nudged the mice she couldn't pick up under the skirt of her dress, and they were dragged along as she exited the stage.
"Whateva' was the pwincess to do?" Raven called off-stage, grinning from ear-to-ear.
Alex grinned enthusiastically at Raven, silently appluading her on her good job, and carried himself forward, toward the front of the stage. He started off on the opposite side from where the girl had been 'taken away', giving the impression that he was chasing after her.
He jogged onto the center of the stage, his armor thumping against his chest just before he made a sudden stop, directly facing Feather and Bird. He cleared his throat, "There was alswo a bwave knight who lived in the flutterboo pwincess' kingdwom, who always liked her very much frowm afar, but could never really talk to her because of her pwincess dooties."
He took out a plastic sword from its sheath near his waist, carefully examining it before continuing.
"When he heawd about the pwincess being kidnapped, he realized he'd have to go aftur her and save the day! He set out the vewy moment he found out she was gone!"
He ran off of the stage, in pursuit of a non-exsistant mouse who had apparently been not-knowingly guiding him throughout his journey to the evil kingom.
"Those mouses were toast!" He called from behind him, his voice suprisingly booming for his small size.
Raven had, during Alexander's act, lifted up her skirts and scurried over to the other side of the stage by cover of the background. She easily found the Evil Mouse King, and started pushing him onto the stage just as Alex exited.
Once the mouse was positioned as they had planned, Raven quickly made herself known.
"What-- whawt is d'meaning of this?" she declared, more mice plushies appearing as she moved them about with her toes from under her dress. The Eden tried as best she could to imitate, what she thought would be, the Evil Mouse King's voice.
"BWAHAHAHA! D'flutterboo pwincess's wings awre mine!" Raven boomed. She remembered to look frightened.
"Wh-what d'you want wif' my wings?"
A deep breath, "TO... mouwnt 'dem on my wall!"
Raven hid her face in her hands, slumping to the floor, wailing. She quickly turned away from Feather and Bird to continue the Evil Mouse King's speech.
"I will weturn here showtly. Guards! Keep a shawp eye!"
Raven gave the large plushie a good kick in the side, hastily collected the rest of the small mice and stuffed them under her dress again. A noteable thud sounded off in the aftermath.
She sighed, gazing at the ceiling. "Oh... what is the flutterboo pwincess t'do?"
"ARGGG!! GWARDSS!!!" Alex made various slashing and clashing sounds backstage, clanging his sword against a few various pots and cookie sheets. He made a few thumping sounds against the ground, as well, simulating several guards falling unconscious beneath the knight's blade.
"I shall save you, pwincess!!" He whispered at the far corner of the stage, hidden from view. He was apparently trying to speak as if though he were talking through a narrow slit in a cell door. "Are you huwt at all? You don't have to wowwy about the guards!"
Raven snapped up her head, looking excited. She rose from her knees and, grabbing a handful of her dress, hurried over to Alexander's side of the stage. Pretending there was a solid wall between them, Raven placed her hands in the air in front of her, shooting Alex a quick grin.
"Who's there? Is it a bwave knight come to wescue me? Or a twick of the Evil Mowse King?"
"I'm Alex, knight of the flutterboo kingdom!" Came his whispered response as he slowly creeped onstage.
Raven did a sort of helicopter movement with her arms as she fell backwards in her haste to get away from Alexander. After scuttling over to the other side (she had to, yet again, lift up the dress), the Eden faced the pretend side Alex was on.
"Okay," Raven whispered, "Y'can... cut apawt the door now, Sir Awwex!"
"Stand back, okay? I'm going to cut the wock off of the dowr!"
Alex nodded swiftly, backed up for a few moments, unsheathed his plastic sword, and charged at the non-exsistant door, hacking away at the 'lock'. He had soon destroyed the imaginary object and burst in through the door, giving Raven a wide grin.
"Awex the knight at yowr sewvice!" He bowed quickly. "Come on, we'll have to fly out of the tower window on the fawr edge of the hall to get to safety!"
Raven's expression was suddenly horrific. Flying? She didn't think she could do it.
"F... fly?" she asked quietly, twisting the fabric of her dress. "C-can't we just... um, climb down on sowme sheets?"
"It's too far down for that!" Alex murmured, slightly taken back by her response.
"You CAN fly, right...?"
Raven's cheeks turned an insanely bright red, and she looked away. "I... uhm... no, I cawn't," she finished lamely.
"Y-you go out the window, an'.. I'll meet you downstaiows!"
"Thewyr's guards everywhere! Youw'd never make it out!" Alex extended a hand to her, smiling gently. "I'll help you through everything, don't you worry! We're going to make it out of here together!"
Gulping, Raven grasped the offered hand and managed to return a very small smile. "'Kay," she said softly.
Raven coughed a bit, clearing her throat, and ducked her head to the side.
"BWAHAHA..," wheeze, "D'Evil Mowse King has come to claiym d'flutterboo pwincess's wingses! Nobody can save her now!"
Raven shot a silly grin at Alexander.
"Oh noo!!" Alex whispered with utmost urgency, taking his role to a whole new level of seriousness. "Come on, Pwincess. We gotta get out of here quick!"
He continued to clutch her hand tightly as he led her down the stage, toward a single 'window', which in reality, was nothing more than a tall box. But for the time being, it was the obstacle they had to successfully jump off of to land safely on the ground below. The surface of the box was to serve as a windowsill of sorts.
"Okay, think you're ready?" He said hastily, acting both in and out of his role.
Raven reminded herself sternly that it was her sworn duty to jump off of that box and fulfill her role as the flutterboo pwincess.
She still managed to feel nervous about the whole thing, though. Having another nasty arm accident was not something she particularly wanted.
"O-okay... I'm weady," Raven said with as much confidence she could gather.
She clambered onto the box, unpinning her feathers from their confined positions on her dress. After smoothing them out, Raven nodded once at Alexander, preparing to jump.
"On thwee?"
"Wait..."
He scrambled on top of the box, as well, and braced himself. "I'll go down first, and catch you if you DO fawl! Okay?"
"But... innit it kinda dangewous?" Raven questioned, worried.
She quickly spun away from him and performed the Evil Mouse King's voice.
"BRAWWGH! WHERE IS D'PWINCESS?!"
Raven coughed a bit, voice getting a bit hoarse, before nodding at Alexander. "Okay, you go fiwst."
"Okay." Alex nodded, took a deep breath, and jumped off of the box. He hovered in the air for a few moments, his wings beating at a hardly visible pace, and eventually landed only slightly clumsily on the ground below.
He turned back, looking up in Raven's direction. He held out his arms, welcoming her if she did indeed have a far from graceful fall.
"Hurry! Thew're is not a lot of time left!!"
Raven prepared herself. She took a deep breath, stretched out her arms, and bounced on the balls of her feet a few times before she felt ready.
N'kay, on three, she told herself. One...
A pot, somehow placed rather badly off-stage, fell to the ground and scared Raven out of her wits. A step faltered, and she realized she was about to fall.
"I'm coming down~!"
Raven flapped her arms as fast as she possibly could-- the box toppled over -- she was falling -- Alex's arms looked... farther away...
It worked! She was flying!
"Keep going, Waven!!" Alex cheered her on, by now speaking completely out of character. "Youw're really doing it! You're flying!!"
He kept his arms out, still, however. Just in case.
Raven felt like swooping down and snagging one of those gummi worms next to the Mommas-- but she realized she couldn't maneuver very well, and her arms were tiring... keeping up this flapping was difficult...
The Eden's arms gave out about two feet above Alexander, and she flopped straight into his outstretched arms.
Quickly remembering about the Evil Mouse King, Raven took another deep breath. She squashed down the giggles that threatened to completely ruin her act.
"OH NOES! The Flutterboo Pwincess has eskaped! BRAAWWGH!!"
"You made it! Gweat job!" Alex cheered, gently setting Raven down, a big grin on his face. "See! I knew you could do it!"
He cleared his throat, trying to look stern. "Um...we should get going to back to the flutterboo kingdom, now! He might chase after us!" He peered around, pointing to the far end of the stage. "It's not SO far, I'm sure we could make it there if we ran!"
The Eden couldn't help but giggle, giving Alex a quick, squeezing hug before continuing the play.
Raven appeared to scrutinize the distance, bending over and pointedly placing a hand over her eyes.
"Yep.." She straightened, beaming at Alex. "Thank yoo, Sir Awwexandow. I dunno what I would'a done wifout 'chu." Raven curtsied, trying to make it look like what she had seen other princesses do.
"Don't worry about it, Pwincess! It's my job!" He took her hand once more, leading her off of the stage in the direction of the 'castle'.
He stopped in the middle of the stage, however, leaning over and ever so gently kissed Raven on the cheek. "You really did do it!! I'm so happy for yoAu!! You went fwoosh and fwew!!" He looked down at the ground, his cheeks tinted a heavy shade of rose.
Raven looked incredibly surprised. She reached up and gently proded her cheek where Alex had briefly kissed it.
Her cheeks suddenly became very rosy, and she shyly averted her eyes with a grin. "Well... thank yoo, Awwex." Raven couldn't stop the laughter that bubbled up. She threw her arms around Alexander and hugged him as tightly as she could.
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Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 2:33 pm
6.22.05
Mouse lumbered clumsily up to the Eden Project HQ's entrance. She had in tow a water bottle housing the leafy Sylvest, another bottle containing some apple juice, and a container filled with nice, hot spaghetti with meatballs. Raven and Alex had at last become children, and it was time for a celebration.
Using her foot to open the door, she was greeted by the welcoming blast of air conditioning. "I'm here!" she announced, placing her things on a nearby table.
"I'm scared."
"PLEASE, everyone already knows what happened."
"THEY DO?!!!"
"NOT that, genius. Everyone knows you grew. I heard there's going to be a little party for the both of you!"
Alex pushed open the backdoor of the HQ, and stepped inside, waiting for Feather to enter as well before shutting the door. Both of them, as well, felt the effects of the air conditioning, and were immediately grateful for temporary relief from the hellish heat outside.
After making sure the door was securely closed, the two of them stepped further into the room. "Hello!" Alex greeted, looking around the room for his Eden friends.
"MOUSE!" Feather squealed, hurrying over to the table with a wide smile on her face. "Can I help you with anything?"
If Nana was a real bear, with real lungs, and all the other things that come with being alive instead of stuffing, she surely would've perished.
"Raven... Nana's head is going to pop off if you hold her like that."
Raven ignored Bird, opting to study her arms-- which she couldn't see --and the butterfly that had taken up residence on her shoulder. She had tried, previously, to pry it off, but it just fluttered about on invisible air currents and settled itself on her shoulder again as soon as she was distracted.
And now she was going to see everybody. Raven tried to shrink as Bird opened the door for her-- her grip was too slippery from the appearance of the feathers.
Mouse looked up from where she was trying to make the table presentable. "Feather, Alex!" she greeted. "Oh, and Bird and Raven! You all look awesome. Congratulations, Alexander; Raven." Fumbling with the cheap plastic silverware, she added, "It took me a while to think of a dish that everyone would like- can't believe I didn't think of spaghetti earlier. If you want to help serve it, that would be awesome."
Sylvest jiggled a bit as if in approval of the Edens' new appearances, but soon became still and sank to the bottom of the water bottle as to avoid anyone's gaze. Good thing this little get-together wasn't about him at all.
"Sure thing!" Feather replied cheerfully, about to vanish into the kitchen to retrieve some plates and bowls. However, Sylvest caught her attention first. "Hey, little guy!" She bent down and peered curiously at the bottle, smiling gently. "Don't be scared, we won't hurt you!"
"W-Raven!" Alex chirped, spinning around with a wide grin on his face at both her and her mother's sudden entrance. He bolted over to them, his expression brightening considerably. "Raven...you're more pretty than you were before, now!" He commented, his cheeks turning only slightly pink.
Bird left the two children to themselves for a moment, opting to venture over toward Mouse and Feather. And to unload the extra drinks she had brought for everybody.
"Hi, Mouse, Feather!" she greeted cheerfully. "Thanks. I hope this little guy grows soon, too," she finished, bending down to investigate the small leaf.
"Oh, ah... where should I put these?" she questioned, holding out the liquids in their specified containers.
"Alex!" Raven cried, overcome with a sudden urge to zip up to her friend and envelope him in a hug to large that it could win a world record. So she did.
"Ah, hmm- I think I might have an idea. Sylvest, come up." Mouse requested of her leaf, who obliged. She placed the leaf in the bottle of apple juice. "Now... can I see the sodas and juice you brought? Thanks." Taking each bottle and carton one by one, she made a sort of stronghold around Sylvest so nobody could see him.
Immediately, everyone could feel a wave of relief from the small leaf. "He doesn't like people looking at him, as you know. I think it's partially because he can't see other people yet. If we talk among him, it might help. I know that we'll have to take them away eventually, but hopefully he'll be calm enough by then." Mouse then looked over at Raven crushing Alex's poor ribs and chuckled.
"Tch....!!" Alex was helplessly swept up into her hug, and though it was almost certain his face was going to turn odd shades of blue and purple, he accepted it and returned her one that was NEARLY as strong. He let go after a few long moments, and stepped back to properly survey the changes in his friend. "Your wings...they got so BIG! I'm sure you'll have no problem with flying, now!"
Feather nodded, and quickly scuttled back into the kitchen to get the necessary wares for eating. She returned moments later, with several plates and bowls. "Should we start eating now, or wait until the kids settle in?"
Raven giggled, feeling as if the sun were shining inside her bubbly chest. "So did yours! My wings... they're kinda annoying," she confessed, holding them out for inspection. Nana seemed to cling to her arm for dear life. "Can't use my hands very well; s'too slippery."
The Eden shrugged, the butterfly on her shoulder twitching in a disgruntled manner. Her eyes were snagged by something again. "Hey! You have my feather in your hair!"
Bird grinned at the two as well, slouching against the wall. "I hope Sylvest gets over it. He's probably going to get bigger than the rest of the Eden.
"... Maybe we can dig in before them?"
Mouse glanced up at the clock, and it took a lot of effort to keep her from cursing aloud. "Oh, sh- I can't believe I forgot about this... I'm really sorry, but I have to go to an eye doctor appointment. Bye... I'm so sorry about this!" She grabbed Sylvest and then bolted out of the door.
"They do look really pretty, though." Alex bent over a little to inspect them more closely. He then reached up and felt along his hair, eventually placing a hand on the feather tucked behind his ear. "Yep! And I have to admit, it does brighten my clothing a little bit! And hey..." He straightened, and touched the feather present in her hair.
"You have one of mine, too! And that little flutterboo! Does it follow you around everywhere, perched like that? Did you name it yet?" His eyes glimmered with nothing short of pure excitement and enthusiasm.
"Yeah, sounds good." Feather nodded, and began dishing out the speghetti onto the plates. "They'd probably eat it all if we gave them the chance, anyways!" She chuckled lightly, and passed a plate and a rolled napkin of silverware to Bird.
Raven beamed, redness in her cheeks dimming a little as she moved the conversation away from her abundance of feathers. "'Course I do!" She paused and threw the small butterfly an odd glance. "He's never left since you an' I shot up to be this big... No, I haven't named him. I tried asking him what his name is, and what the heck he's doing on my showlder," Raven scrunched up her nose, "but he doesn't say anything except, 'Well, hi!'"
The butterfly hovered for a moment in agreement.
"See?" Raven sighed. "Nana an' I have debated over a name... but we haven't come up with anything. You have any ideas?"
Bird moved the drinks closer to Feather, in easier reaching distance, and piled a bunch of noodles onto her plate. "... Man. Next stage: teenager."
"Wait a second..." Alex quirked a brow, glancing at the butterfly, then back to Raven, then back to the butterfly again. "You're telling me...you can actually TALK to flutterboos? I haven't heard this!" He was both curious and amused, yet probably more fascinated above anything.
"Oh God. Don't even wanna think about it." Came Feather's short reply, hiding her look of sheer terror as she immediately dug into her own heaping portion of food.
The butterfly zoomed once around Raven's head, conveying a very short message, before heading back toward the nearest blue object. Which happened to be the feather stuffed in Alexander's hair.
Raven looked humored and puzzled all at once; a strange mixture. "Yes, I can talk to flutterboos... not like it makes much sense or anything, but, I can. Anyway... he says...," she snorted, "I won't quote. But he wants to know your name." Raven motioned to Alex's head witha gesture of her hand-- which replaced fingers with feathers. "Go ahead and tell him."
Bird tried vainly not to laugh, which would've resulted in noddles sliding down her gullet and a most difficult time of swallowing. Carefully chewing and swallowing the pasta, she replied, "Yes ma'am!"
"Uh...It's Alex, Mr. Flutterboo-sir. Alexander. Nice to...uh..meet you?" He looked up, only able to catch a few glimpses of the insect's pink wings before simply giving up trying to spot the entire thing altogether. "So...just how did you find out about this power of yours? I bet it'd be really useful if you were going on a hike in the woods, or something. He could be your guide, and lead you to streams and fruit trees and all that kinda stuff!"
Feather looked up at Alex, bewildered by his comment. "PSH, the woods? There's a bunch of weird bugs in there like millipedes and stuff! Count me OUT." She shuddered at the thought, and looked back down to her plate only to see the pasta's similarity to hundreds of slithering worms.
"Eww..."
The butterfly flicked its wings a few times, speaking.
Raven grinned, avoiding Alex's question. "He says he's pleased to meet you..."
The pink butterfly did a few steps, falling off the blue jay feather and onto Alexander's head.
"... and he approves of your coloring." Raven finished. "But what's your name, flutterboo? Uh-- Crimony! Mom! You're supposed to wait for us too, y'know!"
Raven hurried over to the table, snatching an extra utensil and forking a large amount of her mother's pasta. "C'mon, Alex!"
"...right." Alex followed after her, though puzzled by the fact he didn't answer her question. Did some sort of accident happen, or something? He allowed the flutterboo to remain on its perch, even as he took a seat and served himself up a plate of food.
"So whaddyu say?" He asked thoughtfully between bites of pasta. "Do you think it'd be fun to go out into the forest for a day? To go exploring, and stuff like that?"
"Hey!" Bird cried in protest as her pasta was guzzled by the bottomless pit. "Get'cher own, you pig!"
Raven stuffed the remaining noodles down her throat, snatched a bottle of juice, took a large swig of it, and hugged her disgruntled mother before turning to Alexander.
"Sounds like a plan to me! But... let's not depend on that flutterboo."
The creature in question was still investigating Alex's hair, wondering how he had gotten there.
Raven still didn't answer Alexander's previous question. She didn't like thinking about the event; it dragged her down and stomped on her until she was a permanent resident of the dirt.
"I'm sure we could find another. There's bound to be a lot of them in the woods!" Alexander smiled, done with his own meal. How could he eat when there was such a big event to be planned? He decided to drop his question about how she got her power, seeing as she seemed so obviously uncomfortable when considering it.
"Well, Um... Mrs. Bird, would you want to go?" He looked at Raven's mother, a rather odd pleading look in his eye.
"Cuz' um...if you don't... I'm sure I could protect Raven if we ran into um..anything..You wouldn't have to worry."
Bird bit her lip, willing herself not too smile to widely.
"Please, call me Bird. I don't mind if I go or not; depends on you two. And... well, what do you think, Feather?"
Raven adjusted the feather in her hair, tucking the loose strands of it behind her ear again. The butterfly, still wandering around Alexander's head, was quite a chatterbox. It kept saying things like, 'My, my, my-- what do you call this?' or, 'Gah! This isn't a shoulder!' He was very distracting.
"Oh, hey, Alex," she queried. "'Scuze the randomness, but... what are we gong to call him?" Raven referred to the butterfly.
"Hm...how about Kai? No real meaning behind it, I dunno, but I think it's fitting." Alex shrugged, a silly grin on his face as he playfully swatted at the butterfly.
"There's no way I'm going. I like mountains and meadows and stuff, myself. Bugs freak me out." Feather replied flatly, sinking into her chair. "I mean, all those mosquitoes and ticks! ...nasty."
The butterfly whizzed its wings furiously, not quite fast enough to avoid Alex's fingers.
Raven was suddenly struck with a fit of giggles. "He-- he says his name's... Rum!" she crowed. "... But I like Kai better, myself."
"Aw, but tick season's over," Bird cajoled. "And... yes, mosquitoes are something I cannot describe properly since there are children present.. Ah well. Suit yourself." She turned to the children. "So. You want the old bat to come along or go alone?"
"I-I don't really mind, either way." Alex lied, wincing a little. "What do you think, Raven? Maybe you could ask Rumkai for his opinion, too?"
Raven pursed her lips in an attempt to hide a smile. "Mums are too old to venture out of their cozy homes, right Ma?"
Bird quirked a wry smile. "Of course, all-knowing Rave."
"See? What'chu think, Rumkai?"
Rumkai zoomed once around Alexander's head, crash-landing on his goggles. The butterfly looked a bit woozy, legs doing a flamingo dance-type step as he lifted them up and tried to regain his footing.
"... Rumkai doesn't have an input, apparently. So! I guess you're staying, Ma."
Alex would've cheered, whooted, and pumped his fist in the air several times--if Bird and Feather (and Raven, for that matter) weren't in the room. BUT, he'd have to content himself with a few vigorous nods of the head for the time being.
"If you're...sure, Bird! Wellanyways, when do you want to leave? How's tomorrow morning sound? Maybe we could fly to the woods? Well, some of the way, anyways."
Raven grinned and nodded a few times. "Tomorrow! Meet at the edge of it, on the west side?"
Rumkai had flittered over to Raven's shoulder during their talk. He flopped down, exhausted.
"Oh..." Raven had heard the small butterfly's plea. "I need to get Rumkai home... he's tired. Can't be much older than us, can he?"
Bird was already tidying up, seeing as everyone had consumed their pasta. She'd have to send a thank you to Mouse as soon as possible.
Raven gave a large hug to Alex, along with a brief kiss on the cheek, and was out the door with Nana, Rumkai, and Bird.
"S-sure! See ya then!" Alex called after them, waving with one hand and touching his cheek with the other.
"Wow..."
He looked back to Feather, hoping she hadn't seen what just happened.
Thankfully, she was fast asleep on the table, snoring loudly. The boy walked over to his mother and shook her gently, softly telling her that Bird and Raven left and that it was time to go home. She awoke, and he led her out in the direction of their home, a smile plastered on his face the entire time.
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Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:08 am
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:55 pm
Reserved for Forest Investigation rp
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 6:57 pm
...Erm...hello, Diary. Is it okay if I call you that? Or would a name suit you better? I remember mom telling me about some girl who named her diary just in case someone found it and read through it. So that they'd sound like letters to someone, instead of someone's personal reflection.
...Hm...I think I'll name you Phillip. Yeah, that works.
Let me start over.
Dear Phillip,
I'm worried mom will find out what happened at the forest thing I went to with Raven yesterday. The lake episode, and everything. I mean, nothing REALLY did happen, but still. It was embarassing! I mean, gosh, hasn't she ever gone swimming with someone before? I didn't think she'd turn that red in the face when she saw me.
....Uh...I WAS supposed to take my pants off, right? SURE I was wearing boxers underneath, but maybe it was illegal or something.
That explains it. Yep. I hope the government doesn't catch me! It wasn't my fault...It was really hot outside, I swear!
Then, oh my gosh! Rumkai got swallowed by this giant fish and it was really scary! But Raven and I eventually saved him. I can't believe she has enough strength to pry that thing's mouth open like that! I hope I never manage to get on her bad side. He was weak at first, but eventually during the rest of the trip he got better and everything.
We had lunch a little while later, and Raven introduced me to these REALLY good berries. What were they again...? Strawberries! Yeah! That's it. They were great, all red and juicy and everything. This stupid storm came up afterwards, then we had to go home.
A bad end to a wonderful day. I wish it would've lasted longer, heck, it would be nice if it had lasted forever. Did you ever notice how sparkly and pretty Raven's eyes get when the light over is just right?
...wait a second! What am I talking about?! Sorry Phillip, I think the fact it's so late at night is beginning to effect how I think. ...yeah, that's it.
Well, goodnight, new friend. I'll write to you tomorrow.
Yours truly,
Alexander
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Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:25 pm
Idly scratching at a nagging itch located on her cheek, Raven wiggled her toes and lounged in the big green chair situated in front of the even bigger window slapped on the big HQ. Rumkai was lazily flying laps around her head in wide circles, silent-- for once.
Nobody was there. Raven had left the house under orders from the butterfly around her; he swore that purple-hared child was out to eat him, along with his chocolate. Raven had giggled, but relented; they had slipped out of the small house without notice.
But.. nobody was here. Slouching, Raven sighed and tugged out the band that held her hair up, deciding to make herself useful and.. comb her hair with fingers. Yes.
"Anybody home...?"
The entrance door to the HQ slowly creaked open, and a head full of black hair poked itself in. "Hello?" It moved in farther, a full body and a small set of grey wings also emerging from behind the door. Alex blinked several times, allowing his eyes to adjust to the light. He appeared soaked to the bone, and as the steady tapping on the roof overhead hinted, it was indeed raining outside. The poor boy had traveled to the city to pick up a few groceries for his mother, and on the return trip, had been caught in the storm.
Thankfully, he'd spotted the HQ before the downpour became all too severe. It'd been so long since he was here last... and at such late an hour, would anyone be here?
He stumbled down the hallway toward the main room, a trail of water following him.
Rumkai had grown bored of floating around Raven, watching her gaze out the wet window and fingers neatly smoothing any snags in her ever-growing blue hair. He had sent some snide remarks her way, hoping to spark a glower (which always lead to something interesting-- like a chase), but, it was not to be.
Armed with a frown, Rumkai swirled out of the room and into the hall, intent on heading for the kitchen, when he ploughed straight into a mass of soggy feathers. He screeched, wriggling crazily, only managing to get himself and his glorious [endquote] wings soaked.
Startled, Alex took a few steps back, staring wide-eyed at the frantic creature. Soon amusement overcame his shock, and he moved closer to the butterfly, a smirk spreading across his face.
"Sorry about that, lil' guy! Didn't see you there! How you been doing, Rumkai?"
Rumkai.
Alex's eyes lit up; where there was Rumkai, there was Raven.
Raven blinked several times, startled by the sudden shouts of rage and profanity originating from Rumkai. She rose from her chair, absently storing the scrunchie-hair thing around her wrist. What had that stupid flutterboo gotten himself into now?
"Rumkai," Raven sighed, entering the hallway, "how many times have I--"
... She stared for a moment, jaw hanging loose from the rest of her face.
"ALEX!" Raven whooped, abandoning all thoughts on her butterfly and taking a flying leap at Alex, winding her arms around him in a very large hug.
"RAVEN!" Alex returned the hug, smiling in such a fashion it seemed to bring light to the entire hallway. He retreated back after realizing just how drenched his clothes were, not wanting Raven to share the same soggy fate.
"Er..." He scratched the back of his head sheepishly, his cheeks becoming slightly pink, "sorry about...that...How have you been? I know it's been awhile."
Rumkai squealed as his legs kicked out against the drooping feathers that held him captive. He screeched, he roared, he whined. Raven payed him no mind, beaming at her friend.
"Damn straight it's been awhile!" she declared, absently wiping her damp hands on her pants. "And-- well. I'm alright, I s'pose. There's this new kiddo that Mom took in, though; it's all.. purple. Rumkai--" She blinked, noticing the butterfly in question wasn't in his customary spot on her shoulder. "... doesn't seem to be here..."
Rumkai sagged, whislting out a sigh. Such love.
"Er...he's probably around." He mindlessly stroked his feathers, causing even more water to cascade to the ground. "Purple kid? Is it like us at all? Can it like, fly around and stuff?" He quirked a brow, obviously interested.
"By the way...would perhaps know where Lena and them keep the blankets in here? And uh...maybe some sort of change of clothes?" Alex shivered, "The rain doesn't seem like it's going to let up anytime soon, and I don't stand a chance of going home.."
Raven blinked as a rather rude name spewed from Rumkai. She giggled. "I think I know exactly where he is. But he can stay there."
Rumkai was apalled, and he voiced his opinion, wriggling in the mass of feathers he was trapped in.
"Better then 'Pree!" Raven argued. Rumkai quieted.
"Papree? Naw, she can't fly," Raven said. "Can't do much of anything, really. Except... blink. I think she came from a mirror... But, nevermind. I uh, I dunno if Lena has clothes, but-- I know about blankets!" she smiled, snatching Alex's hand and leading him back into the main room, Rumkai erupting again as the movement irritated the feathers and caused them to leak even more water onto his sopping wet self.
Alex patiently followed, watching Raven with utmost fascination. She'd certainly matured since he'd last seen her. I mean, didn't she just like, SWEAR? CASUALLY?! Amazing.
He quickly detached his hand from Raven's upon reaching their destination and shuffled into a small pantry branching off from the living room of sorts, shutting the door behind him. The room he was in was lined with blankets and towels, each of them looking freshly washed and dried. "ER...JUST A SECOND! I GOTTA ER...CHANGE..." He called, still unaware Rumkai had taken up residence in his feathers.
Ugh, what a nightmare. Rumkai would have pinched himself had he had fingers. But even if he did somehow obtain fingers, all his legs were jammed uselessly between the dripping feathers.
He screeched for Raven again, wiggling so much he managed to dislodge a wing, which fluttered insanely, rustling a bunch of the feathers.
Raven winced as Rumkai continued yowling his head off (that's where all the swearing came from [;D]), wondering where the heck he was. "Alex?" she called, frowning. "Did you see Rumkai? 'Cause I can't find that stupid flutterboo anywhere, and he's making quite a racket."
"Not since he bumped into me in the hallway..." Alex recalled, scrathing his head as he pulled down a towel from a shelf.
Wait...what was that weird tingly feeling? He peered over at his wings, outstretched them, and combed through his feathers with his hand, finally managing to scoop out Rumkai. "ER...FOUND HIM!" He shouted in reply, setting the butterfly into the folds of a nearby blanket while he peeled off his wet clothing and replaced them by wrapping the towel tightly around himself.
Alexander took Rumkai back into his free hand, the other carrying his sopping wet clothes, and opened the door, stepping out into the larger room. "He kinda looks like he's taken a beating, though..."
Raven first saw the brightly colored [wet] butterfly, lying limply in Alex's outstretched palm, so her mind failed to register the fact that Alex was wearing nothing less than a modern-day loin cloth. She scooped Rumkai into her hands and scolded him.
Rumkai blew a raspberry at her before crawling onto Raven's shoulder and snuggling down into the folds for a snooze.
"So," Raven turned back to Alex. "Didja find any cloth-- oh." Her cheeks became tinted in pink. "Uhh-- d'you... want a bag.. for those?" She motioned to the soggy pile of cloth held in his hand.
"That'd be great! Thanks!" He replied graciously, making sure his towel was secure before he ventured further into the room. Alex plopped himself down onto one of the couches, staring absently out of the rain-distorted windows. The weather didn't show any signs of clearing up anytime soon.
BUT, if it allowed him to spend time with Raven in the HQ WITHOUT random toddlers crawling around drooling on things and adults yammering about what they were doing on the weekend, he was pefectly content with it.
"Uh...if you're heading in the kitchen to get bags, could you maybe see if there's any tea in there? It's awfully cold out there, and I could do with something warm to drink, if it's not too much trouble."
"Sure!"
Raven bustled out of the room and went straight into the kitchen, lip curling up slightly at the sound of Rumkai's whistling snores. Truthfully, she was kinda grateful for the slight reprive. What was it with Alex and his lack of pants?
Shrugging, Raven fished out the teakettle and sloshed water into it, grabbing a squished plastic bag whilst the water began to boil and scuttling back into the main room.
"Here," she said handing Alex the bag. "And... would you mind holding 'Kai?" she looked sheepish. "The last time we made tea he kinda fell into... Nevermind. It's just best he doesn't wake up around water anymore."
"Uh...sure thing!" Alex took the butterfly into his hands, and gently placed him in his lap. "Little guy's prone to injury, isn't he?" He stuffed the soggy heap of clothing into the bag and tied it up securely, sitting it on the floor next to him.
"Does Bird know you're here? I'm sure mom's worried sick about me..." He sank back into the couch, closing his eyes.
Raven returned to the kitchen, satisfied that the water was indeed bioling; frothing once she peeked inside and spewing out steam from the snout. "Oh," Raven said casually, lifting the kettle and dragging it over to the cupboard where she had a vague idea as to where the location of the teapot was, "no, she probably doesn't. Mom's been too busy with that stupid purplemonster that has been gifted with the name 'Papree.' " Aha! There it was. Raven snagged the teapot, dropped the teabag into it, and proceeded to pour the steamng water.
Handing Alex a mug after entering the room again, Raven asked, "So, why would your mom be worried? You didn't sneak out or anything, didja?"
"No! Nothing like that!" He cried defensively, opening his eyes and staring into the dark amber liquid. "I was supposed to get a few things from the store and then come right back...Neither of us really expected there'd be such a downpour. I probably should have been home at least an hour ago." He sighed deeply, raising the mug and taking a swig of the warm tea.
"Wait a second..." He looked up, blinking several times at the girl. "Did YOU sneak out?"
"No!"
A pause.
"... Well, I didn't really sneak," Raven confessed, tapping her fingernails lightly against the warm ceramics, "because nobody notices me leaving. Well. Except Rumkai, but that goes without saying." She took a swig of tea, enjoying the way it warmed her throat and relaxed the muscles hidden there.
Rumkai snoozed on.
Alex cocked a brow at Raven, his expression clearly looking concerned. "I'm sure Bird's worried sick about you! She IS your mother, afterall. Even if she does have that 'Pree' kid or whatever to worry about, she still cares about you!"
After a few moments, however, his frown melted into a smirk. "You still get points for managing to sneak out, even if it WAS easy."
He polished off the remainder of his tea, and listened to the rain beating against the windowpane. Slowly it began to stop; the storm finally seemed to be clearing up.
"You're a bad influence, you know that?" Raven grinned, gulping down the last of her own tea and thinking about what Alex had said during the comfortable silence. It was true, she supposed, but... spending all her time over that purple people snatcher was hardly what she would call good.
A thought suddenly struck her. ".. Hey. Y'know how we come from leaves? How's that.. possible?" Raven blinked a few times, puzzled by her own question.
"Got me." He sighed, setting his empty mug onto a coffee table. "I've never really taken the time to think about it, actually. Did Bird tell you that stupid fable about how we were supposedly citizens of the actual Eden? Seems pretty hard to believe. But...that's just me, of course."
***
"WHERE DID HE GO?!"
Feather paced back and forth anxiously in Alex's bedroom, Spike trailing after her whining for food. "He was supposed to be here an hour ago!" She sprinted into the living room, opened the closet and wrapped a jacket around herself, and quickly left the apartment.
"Must've gotten caught in the storm..." She muttered, running down the sidewalk. She was headed toward the HQ, the only place she knew that Alex knew he could go to for shelter.
Raven opened her mouth to reply, but that was about the time his words actually sunk in. Whoa. Wait-- what?
"No..." Raven said slowly, placing her own mug next to Alex's and deciding to sit next to him, "she never told me anything like that. 'Course.. I doubt she knew... Tell me?" she beseeched.
"You.. d-don't know?" Alex squirmed uncomfortably, slightly startled by Raven's sudden movement. "M-Maybe it'd be better if your mom told you herself. If she doesn't know, then I guess Lena could clue her in or something..." He trailed off, staring at the ground.
Maybe he shouldn't have told her. What if Bird had been keeping a secret from her for a reason? He swallowed reluctantly, considering the possible consequences. Thankfully, he was interrupted by a sudden screech coming from the entrance, and moving quickly through the hallways:
"ALLLEXXX!!! ARE YOU HERE?!!"
Feather suddenly emerged into the living room, quickly surveying her surroundings. Her eyes fell at once on the pair, and widened considerably. ALEX IN A LOINCLOTH WITH RAVEN SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO HIM WHAT THE HELL WAS GOING ON?!!!
Her jaw had practically fallen to the floor, and there it remained; she was speechless.
Raven, although young and inexperienced with these kinds of sticky situations, knew exactly why Feather had quieted (with her jaw just about falling off to boot) the moment she saw them and what was going through the elder's mind.
And, like any sensible kid and would-be-teenager would do, Raven panicked, realizing exactly how close the two-faced couch had slid her down next to Alex.
"IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!" she yelled, leaping from the couch as if her pants had caught fire.
Feather made no awknowledgement of Raven's defensive cries, and just continued staring as if she was looking right through them. SIN!!! SIN SIN SIN SIN SINNN!!! OMIGOD ALEX WAS JUST A LITTLE KID~~
Countless thoughts ran through her mind, causing her to twitch violently every few moments or so.
Silence pursued.
"Uh...mom...?" Alex broke the still air, slowly getting to his feet and walking over to his mother. "ALL SHE DID WAS MAKE TEA WE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING I SWEAR PLEASE DON'T HURT ME OR HER PLEEEASSEE!"
Feather groaned, her eyes rolling into the back of her head as she collapsed onto the floor in a dead faint.
The falcon-Eden gaped at her, prodding her with his foot.
"Well...THAT worked out."
Rumkai stirred from his perch, smacking his lips and blinking lazily. Something had awoken him, which was quite annoying-- he'd been enjoying that dream about the lovely female butterflies... coming in great clouds and tickling his backside with their anteni.
A loud wail, "ALEX! I KILLED YOUR MOM!" shot a jolt through him, and he quickly scrambled to a standing position.
What he saw would have, in any other situation that didn't include an Alex in a loincloth and a hyperventillating Raven, been highly amusing. Fearher-- he recognized the woman from the day he had arrived on Raven's shoulder --was flat on the floor in a dead faint. Rumkai couldn't help but gape at the scene, wondering how the heck it could've possibly happened. Raven didn't usually kill people-- especially moms, Rumkai puzzled.
"You didn't kill her!!" Alex scrambled over to Raven, struggling to comfort her while his mother still lay in a heap on the floor. "I think she's just passed out! Which UH...MIGHT BE A GOOD THING BECAUSE MAYBE IF WE'RE LUCKY SHE WON'T REMEMBER THIS!"
Frantically, he glanced around, rushing over to the bag containing his soggy clothes and quickly grabbing it.
"I'm sorry, Raven, but I GOTTA get her home before she comes to. With any luck, I'll be able to convince her this whole thing was a dream!" He bent over Feather and scooped her up, slinging her over his free shoulder.
Christ, what an odd sight.
He scrambled out of the living room, through the hallway, and out the door. "BYE!!" He shouted, already half way down the street.
Rumkai watched Raven hurry over to the doorway, shouting out something along the lines of, "BUT YOU'RE NOT WEARING ANY CLOTHES!" accompanied with a giggle.
The butterfly couldn't help but roll his eyes. Jeez. It was like one of those cheesy soap operas (he still couldn't figure out why they had the word soap in it-- there was rarely any sort of hygiene-related concoction anywhere to be seen) that the televeision often showed.
Shrugging to himself, Rumkai scuttled around on the couch top, settled down, and went back to sleep. He'd annoy Raven with this scene tomorrow.
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